as Santa. The imposter Joe removes his face (showing robotic components underneath) and puts on another, revealing himself to be Pino. Pino explains to Sarah that Joe created him to replace his dead son, but he could never live up to his father's expectations (as he was not "a real son") and was continually broken and rebuilt by Joe in his drunken rages. Pino says that he wants Sarah to be his mother (sending killer toys to try to kill Derek), then sexually assaults her while frantically screaming. Sarah manages to stab Pino in the head with a screwdriver, causing him to begin malfunctioning. Grabbing the knife Sarah dropped earlier, Pino begins trying to stab Derek, whom he had placed in a large sack. Noah breaks into the room and starts fighting Pino, distracting him long enough for Sarah to halve him at the waist with an axe. Barely functioning, Pino cries for his father before grabbing Sarah's leg, causing her to stomp his head into pieces. As Sarah, Derek, and Noah confront that these things are only toys, the eyes of one of Joe's partially assembled robots spark ominously, like Pino and his creations. Cast Release The film was released on VHS by Live Home Video in November 1991. The film was released on DVD December 1, 2009 by Lionsgate in a box set with Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! and Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation. On December 13, 2022, Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker was released in a Blu-ray box set set with Silent Night, Dead Night 3: Better Watch Out! and Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation through Lionsgate's Vestron Video Collector's Series. The film was also once featured in an episode of Svengoolie. Reception JoBlo.com and Flickering Myth both gave the film favorable reviews, with Flickering Myth stating that while the film wasn't great, "The acting is of a level you’d expect, the story has some good twists and turns and it has an ending that will stay with you for a few days after the credits roll. To be honest, it’s worth watching just to see the ending". Bloody Disgusting also praised The Toy Maker, commenting that the film's bizarre scenes made it "one of the most fun horror sequels of all time, and the film is quite frankly the embodiment of everything that’s great about the fusion